Japan Offers To Boost Sri Lanka's Security As China Makes Inroads

Japan has pledged to help strengthen Sri Lanka's maritime security, in a new sign of efforts to counter China's strategic grip on the Indian Ocean island.

World | | Updated: August 21, 2018 21:03 IST
Japan Offers To Boost Sri Lanka's Security As China Makes Inroads

Japanese Defence Minister and Sri Lankan Prime Minister in a meeting Colombo on 21 August, 2018. (AFP)